Improvement in billiard-cue cutters



H. GOTTLIEB. Billiard-Cue Gutter.

No. 222,035" Patented Nov. 25,1879

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UNITED STATESPA'IENT OFFICE,

HENRY GOTTLIEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-CUE CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,035, dated November 25, 1879; application filed July 28, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Go'rTLIEB, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Billiard-0ue Gutter, of which the following is a specification. V

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation (if the device on line am, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is aplan of the top of the device. Fig. 3 is a plan of the lower end of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre spending parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a dcvicefor cutting the ends of billiard-cues square oft'preparatory to fixing tips upon them.

The invention consists of a cylindrical box, four or five inches long, or thereabout, bored throughout its length for the admission of the end of the cue. The box is divided longitudinally into halves that are hinged together at the lower end by an annular hinge, and are prevented from separating too far at the top by a slotted circular plate that is fastened on the top of one half and engages with staples on the other, and under this plate is secured a blade that projects horizontally part-way over the bore.

In the drawings, A represents the box divided longitudinally or diagonally into two parts, that are hinged together by the annular hinge B, which is fastened on the lower end thereof.

(J represents the bore through the box. D is the slotted and grooved plate fastened on the top of one of the parts of the box, and

E E are the staples or bent pins set in the other part of the box and engaging in the slot F is the cutting-blade with slightly-curved edge, slotted at a, so that it maybe adj usted.

then the one is thrust upward through the bore until its point projects somewhat above the blade, then the two parts of the box are closed together upon the cue, and with the blade pressing against its end the one is turned around until its point is severed or the one may be held stationary and the box be turned around it to accomplish the same purpose.

There are other devices forcutting cue-ends, but I know of none like this, nor of any in which the blade is both adjustable and firmly and immovably held as in this one.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The box A, provided with annular hinge B, slotted and grooved plate D, staples E E, and cutting-blade F, substantially as herein shown and described.

. 2. In the construction of a billiard-cue cut-- ter, the cylindrical box A, divided longitudinally or diagonally into two parts, provided with a bore, 0, hinge B, and slotted top plate, D, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY GOTTLIEB. 

